Examples of blowhard in a Sentence

a politician who is the stereotypical backslapping blowhard a blowhard who always had to act like she was better than anyone else

Recent Examples on the Web His actions bespeak a prime-time TV blowhard who understands how objectionable his rhetoric has become. — Washington Post, 6 May 2022 That’s the argument, anyway—and it’s advanced by athletes, coaches, cable-news pundits, blowhard musicians, and more. — Jason Feifer, Men's Health, 30 Apr. 2022 The man’s an oblivious, ignorant, overconfident blowhard. — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 2 Mar. 2022 Stan plays the character as an entitled blowhard who ignites Gauthier’s class fury and masculine jealousy. — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022 Jesse, a hedonist blowhard who’s mulling a takeover; Kelvin (Adam Devine), an earnest youth minister; and Judy (the incredible Edi Patterson), the lone daughter, undervalued by Eli because of her gender. — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022 In the Czech Republic the right-wing blowhard Prime Minister Andrej Babis recently lost narrowly against a coalition of center-left and center-right parties. — Ryan Cooper, The Week, 15 Oct. 2021 An ambitious, boastful, obnoxious blowhard takes a totally unnecessary swipe at Jaimie Lannister, a knight whose sword hand was amputated. — Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021 While Jean sees himself as a courageous soldier who dares to criticize powerful lords, Jacques sees him as an imprudent blowhard who barges into action without thinking. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021 See More

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